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Banerjee stated the celebration will subject individuals with clear pictures within the upcoming panchayat polls and requested TMC leaders in each panchayat to provide you with such names. (File picture/ANI)
He alleged that BJP MPs and MLAs of the state are asking the Centre to not launch the funds due for the state
Trinamool Congress nationwide basic secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday stated the celebration will ship to Prime Minister Narendra Modi one crore signed letters of every day wage earners of West Bengal, who couldn’t get employment underneath MGNREGA because the Centre allegedly didn’t launch funds for the challenge for the state.
Upping the ante in opposition to the BJP-led authorities on the Centre forward of the panchayat election, Banerjee – thought of quantity 2 within the TMC – stated that celebration staff will hit the streets of Delhi if the federal government doesn’t launch the cash which is because of the state.
This has stalled implementation of 100 days work challenge for the previous one yr, he claimed whereas addressing a public assembly right here in Alipurduar district within the northern a part of the state.
“From April 16, our staff will attain out to the 1.38 crore households who couldn’t be employed in any challenge (underneath MGNREGA). We are going to acquire their signed letters to the Prime Minister and ship over one crore of such letters to the Centre in a month,” Banerjee stated.
He alleged that BJP MPs and MLAs of the state are asking the Centre to not launch the funds due for the state. The Diamond Harbour MP stated, “funds to Bengal, they (BJP) are attacking the hapless individuals with unprecedented acrimony. We are going to at all times stand in opposition to tyranny. They’re taking their revenge for the 2021 defeat however we gained’t let our individuals down!” Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had met Modi twice to facilitate the discharge of the funds whereas a delegation of celebration MPs had sought appointment of Union Rural Growth and Panchayati Raj Minister Giriraj Singh “however he didn’t meet them regardless of being in Delhi”, the TMC chief stated.
He charged union minister John Barla, who’s an MP from West Bengal, and Chief of Opposition within the state meeting Suvendu Adhikari with conspiring in opposition to the individuals in order that they don’t get their due cost.
These two leaders and several other others had requested the Centre to not launch MGNREGA funds to the state, he claimed.
“Have they been elected to work in opposition to individuals’s curiosity? Individuals of the state ought to pose this query to huge and small BJP leaders,” Banerjee added.
Accusing the BJP of peddling the politics of faith whereas ignoring fundamental points equivalent to escalation in gas costs and threats to livelihood, he stated votes can’t be selected the idea of caste, creed and faith.
Alleging that the Modi authorities is utilizing central businesses to intimidate political opponents, Banerjee stated, “One or two leaders had been arrested and we’ve got taken motion in opposition to them. TMC doesn’t defend thieves.” A number of TMC leaders together with a minister and a district president had been arrested by central businesses for his or her alleged involvement in money for jobs and cattle scams.
Banerjee stated the celebration will subject individuals with clear pictures within the upcoming panchayat polls and requested TMC leaders in each panchayat to provide you with such names.
On the accusations of the TMC chief, BJP nationwide Vice-President Dilip Ghosh stated, “The Mamata Banerjee authorities is barely focused on frittering away the central funds by holding gala’s and festivals and filling up pockets of its native leaders.”
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